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there's something in the law called party to a crime. basically it means in for a penny, in for a pound. so even if -- we saw a defense attorney saying on there, but my client didn't throw any punches. but if your client stood there and encouraged and aided and abetted and cheered them on, they are just as responsible, under the law. and they can also be charge with the crime of aggravated assault and get up to 20 years if that's what the judge thinks is appropriate. >> how about a defense attorney saying, okay, my client is one of these girls, she's 16 years old, no priors, still she's facing that much time, it's that severe? >> it is because aggravated assault has a range, like every crime. it's not what we call a mandatory minimum. it's a one to 20 range. looking at as low as one year of probation or 20 years of prison. it's all within the discretion of the judge. and it will depend on those different factors. can a defense attorney say, but my client has no priors, never been in trouble before and she is the one who didn't throw the
there's something in the law called party to a crime. basically it means in for a penny, in for a pound. so even if -- we saw a defense attorney saying on there, but my client didn't throw any punches. but if your client stood there and encouraged and aided and abetted and cheered them on, they are just as responsible, under the law. and they can also be charge with the crime of aggravated assault and get up to 20 years if that's what the judge thinks is appropriate. >> how about a...
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one of the first big issues it could tackle is voter id laws ahead of the november election. we could also see rulings on gay marriage and an affirmative action case involving the university of texas. the justices took some time this morning to attend red mass at st. matthew's cathedral this morning. it is the mass that is at the beginning of a new session since 1953. >>> bonnie and clyde's guns are on the auction block today in mammogr new hampshire. these are the ones the notorious bank robbers actually had on them when authorities shot and killed the couple back in 1934. whoever buys the gun will also get an extra clip for bullets and a letter from the son of one of the texas rangers who killed the couple. >>> when most of us travel, we take a train, plane or automobile. why don't we try hopping on a horse to get around? we get on the saddle in london's hyde park. >> reporter: i'm going to take you to one of london's biggest tourist spots, but i'm not going to take you there by boat or by buggy or by bus or by bike, i'm going to take you by ben. now, this is not big ben, j
one of the first big issues it could tackle is voter id laws ahead of the november election. we could also see rulings on gay marriage and an affirmative action case involving the university of texas. the justices took some time this morning to attend red mass at st. matthew's cathedral this morning. it is the mass that is at the beginning of a new session since 1953. >>> bonnie and clyde's guns are on the auction block today in mammogr new hampshire. these are the ones the notorious...
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. >> since president obama's health care law was enacted 3.1 million people under the age of 26 will covered by their parents' plans and preventive care is covered 100% by insurance companies. seniors in particular have benefitted on prescription drugs. >> seniors who fall in the coverage gap known assist the doughnut hole will start getting help. they will receive $250 to help pay for prescriptions and that will over time fill in the doughnut hole. >> 5.5 million seniors saved a total of nearly $4.5 billion on prescription drugs since the law was enacted. that's according to the health and human services department. >> i have strengthened medicare. we have added years to the life of medicare. we did it by getting rid of taxpayers subsidies to insurance companies that weren't making people healthier. >> by 2014 the law requires everyone to have health insurance, whether they purchase it themselves or through their employers. insurers cannot deny you if you have a preexisting condition or increase your rates. in hopes of covering more people the law plans to expand medicaid to the sta
. >> since president obama's health care law was enacted 3.1 million people under the age of 26 will covered by their parents' plans and preventive care is covered 100% by insurance companies. seniors in particular have benefitted on prescription drugs. >> seniors who fall in the coverage gap known assist the doughnut hole will start getting help. they will receive $250 to help pay for prescriptions and that will over time fill in the doughnut hole. >> 5.5 million seniors...
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do you think laws have to come down harder on the buyers, the people who are putting the money out? >> i think so. i think we need to treat the men that are clients of women in the sex trafficking industry as part of the conspiracy, as part of the conspiracy to kidnap, to imprison, to enslave into traffic these women. >> reporter: minnesota's cracking down with tougher laws. this man, arrested after answering ads on backpage.com and engaging in prostitution with minors, is the first john in the state to be charged not with the usual misdemeanors, but with felonies. he's pleaded guilty and could serve up to ten years in prison for each count. >> this isn't just somebody who is worth $500 to you for an hour. this is someone's daughter. this is someone's sister. these people have a reason that they're here and it's not a good reason. >> reporter: along with tougher charges, the surge in child sex trafficking prompted minnesota to reclassify children arrested for prostitution. instead of criminals, they are now being treated as victims. >> we will no longer prosecute children who are be
do you think laws have to come down harder on the buyers, the people who are putting the money out? >> i think so. i think we need to treat the men that are clients of women in the sex trafficking industry as part of the conspiracy, as part of the conspiracy to kidnap, to imprison, to enslave into traffic these women. >> reporter: minnesota's cracking down with tougher laws. this man, arrested after answering ads on backpage.com and engaging in prostitution with minors, is the first...
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will the law look at them differently, avery? >> can't do it. the problem is, it's under the auspices of the public school, if they want to do it personally and privately, we have that right, but under the establishment clause, the attorney general sent a letter 48 hours ago saying he believes the cheerleaders can do it. he's dead wrong. the fact is -- >> the attorney general. okay, all right, let's move on to montclair, new jersey. and we're talking about a case involving a gay couple. they take a beautiful picture with the manhattan skyline behind them and they put it on their blog and then somehow that image gets lifted, superimposed with a whole different background of a kind of colorado landscape and it's done allegedly by a group that has an anti-gay campaign and these two men here saying we're suing on the grounds of our privacy being violated and copyright infringement and the list goes on. avery, do they have a solid case? what can anyone do to protect their image when you post it it on your facebook, blog, internet, period. >> well, th
will the law look at them differently, avery? >> can't do it. the problem is, it's under the auspices of the public school, if they want to do it personally and privately, we have that right, but under the establishment clause, the attorney general sent a letter 48 hours ago saying he believes the cheerleaders can do it. he's dead wrong. the fact is -- >> the attorney general. okay, all right, let's move on to montclair, new jersey. and we're talking about a case involving a gay...
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one of the first big issues could tackle voter id laws ahead the november election. we could also see rulings on same-sex marriage and an affirmative action case involving the university of texas. joe johns is looking at how the political divisions within the court could play out this session. >> reporter: right after the supreme court's health care decision in june chief justice john roberts joked to colleagues that he would find an island fortress to escape the political heat. here's how justice ruth bai ba ginsberg described the spring. >> some have called it the term of a senly. rirchlg now the court is back, and there are no signs of it cooling down. >> the justices are moving from the frying pan right into the fire. they are tackling some of the most difficult legal questions of the day. >> across the board probably the biggest term in at least a decade. >> reporter: cases involving the contentious issues of affirmative action, same-sex marriage, voting rights and abortion are all likely to come up to term. >> some very exciting cases already on the docket, and
one of the first big issues could tackle voter id laws ahead the november election. we could also see rulings on same-sex marriage and an affirmative action case involving the university of texas. joe johns is looking at how the political divisions within the court could play out this session. >> reporter: right after the supreme court's health care decision in june chief justice john roberts joked to colleagues that he would find an island fortress to escape the political heat. here's...
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wade has been the law for 20 years, we should sustain and support it, and i sustaiand support that law and the right of a woman to make that choice, and my personal beliefs like the personal beliefs of other people should not be brought into a political campaign. >> on the question of the choice issue, i have supported the roe v. wade. i am pro-choice. >> wow. you know, you take a look at these clips. it brings you back a little bit, but it really does make the point there that, you know, these things can hit like torpedos if they're delivered right, and. >> great trip down memory lane. in the romney debate senator ted kennedy back in 1994. yeah, you're right. we've seen some reporting on this that, you know, mitt romney is doing a lot of preparation on this for this debate. maybe focussing on zingers and one-liners, and also the campaign says what mitt romney really wants to do on wednesday night where the two candidates showed down and show that choice between what mitt romney would do in the white house over the next four years or what president obama would do if re-elected. >> poes
wade has been the law for 20 years, we should sustain and support it, and i sustaiand support that law and the right of a woman to make that choice, and my personal beliefs like the personal beliefs of other people should not be brought into a political campaign. >> on the question of the choice issue, i have supported the roe v. wade. i am pro-choice. >> wow. you know, you take a look at these clips. it brings you back a little bit, but it really does make the point there that, you...
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it's just that the law is not going to be enforced. there's a question right now that we're still trying network out as to whether they will have to fill out provisional ballots or just vote regularly even if they don't have i.d.. but after november, that pennsylvania law remains in place and they are going to go back to the whole i.d. law idea. >> all right, joe. thank you. good to see you as always. we'll be watching the debate. catch all the debate action right here on cnn. live coverage starts at 7:00 eastern. will israel strike iran? will the stock market dictate a dive? will america get hit with another terrorist attack? those are some of the scenarios that could be an october surprise. we're talking about an event that happens late in the election season that could have a major impact on who wins the white house. dana bash shows us it happened before. >> reporter: election year 1972. the raging unpopular war in vietnam consumed the bitter campaign battle between president nixon and george mcgovern. suddenly on october 26th, 12 d
it's just that the law is not going to be enforced. there's a question right now that we're still trying network out as to whether they will have to fill out provisional ballots or just vote regularly even if they don't have i.d.. but after november, that pennsylvania law remains in place and they are going to go back to the whole i.d. law idea. >> all right, joe. thank you. good to see you as always. we'll be watching the debate. catch all the debate action right here on cnn. live...
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law. >>> dinner time means family time at the skillman household, from who is chopping to who's stirring. to who's sitting around the table and who soon won't. how hard is this for your family? >> not real sure. i don't think it's hit them yet. i really don't. >> reporter: a grandfather to three girls, his other title is master sergeant dan skillman, u.s. army reserves. he deploys to afghanistan in weeks, with his wife, master sergeant lola skillman and their oldest son, james, a sergeant. husband, wife, and son will be gone nine months as reserve support at kandahar. despite the 29 years that lola served, this will be her first time deployed to a war zone. are you scared at all? >> yes. some people say no, they're not scared, they're ready to go do this. but i think in the back of everybody's mind it is a little bit terrifying. >> reporter: at the skillman home where the unpaved road meets a montana big sky, they know about sacrifice for country. lola's father was awarded the purple heart
law. >>> dinner time means family time at the skillman household, from who is chopping to who's stirring. to who's sitting around the table and who soon won't. how hard is this for your family? >> not real sure. i don't think it's hit them yet. i really don't. >> reporter: a grandfather to three girls, his other title is master sergeant dan skillman, u.s. army reserves. he deploys to afghanistan in weeks, with his wife, master sergeant lola skillman and their oldest son,...
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. >> he's not trying to move the law radically, quickly. i think justice scalia or justice thomas really want to get to the end answer as quickly as possible and make the law conform to what they really understand whereas the chief justice is more incrementalist. >> reporter: conservative court watcher carry severino doesn't believe much will change any time soon. >> certainly this is not a crusading con serbtive court. until we have a shift, i think, in the membership of the court it's impossible to call it a court that leans more to the left or to the right. >> let's bring in joe johns. joe, could this term possibly be as important as the last one? that's hard to imagine. >> reporter: carol, it certainly has that potential. just the question of revisiting race based preferences in university admissions. this is an issue they decided just a few years ago. now they're back. the difference is the court's been reconstituted. now the swing vote is no longer one justice. it's another justice. there are other issues certainly that could be big.
. >> he's not trying to move the law radically, quickly. i think justice scalia or justice thomas really want to get to the end answer as quickly as possible and make the law conform to what they really understand whereas the chief justice is more incrementalist. >> reporter: conservative court watcher carry severino doesn't believe much will change any time soon. >> certainly this is not a crusading con serbtive court. until we have a shift, i think, in the membership of the...
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look, ultimately the law is the law and not surprising, brooke, you have people on both sides as you mentioned and some people believe that it is appropriate, okay? however the american psychological association has come out and said, it is junk science, it can lead to depression, suicide, it is just not something we should be undertaking. not surprising, brooke, there is a lawsuit, what does the lawsuit do? it says, look, not so fast, let's impose an injunction upon the law that says let's halt it, stop it, stay it and have a debate on this issue. and what the debate should say is you're violating my rights. how? these are parents who have the right to decide how their kids are growing up. therefore, this law takes that right away from them and says the state will now determine what is appropriate and what is not appropriate. so not surprisingly, there are groups out there and there is a lawsuit in the mix which may very well stay this particular -- >> not just one. david pickup who spoke with me from narth said he too -- they too are filing a suit, so two suits. two suits into this
look, ultimately the law is the law and not surprising, brooke, you have people on both sides as you mentioned and some people believe that it is appropriate, okay? however the american psychological association has come out and said, it is junk science, it can lead to depression, suicide, it is just not something we should be undertaking. not surprising, brooke, there is a lawsuit, what does the lawsuit do? it says, look, not so fast, let's impose an injunction upon the law that says let's...
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because i don't know if the law is crystal clear on this. if you take a picture and you post it on the internet and other people use that picture or do things to that picture, i don't know what protections you, as an individual, have. once you put it out there into the mainstream. but here, there was an actual photographer -- >> yeah, it is the photographer's copyright, not the individual. they have an appropriation claim. but it is the photographer's copyright claim that i think is viable here. >> okay, and we did reach out to the public advocate group that allegedly used this photo for their comment. and we did receive for response on that. all right, don't forget, our legal guys are here with us every saturday to give us their take on the most intriguing cases of the day. >>> and secret tapes taken by the pope's butler. the central piece of his trial is happening today in rome. how damaging to the vatican, essentially? we're sitting on a bunch of shale gas. there's natural gas under my town. it's a game changer. ♪ it means cleaner, chea
because i don't know if the law is crystal clear on this. if you take a picture and you post it on the internet and other people use that picture or do things to that picture, i don't know what protections you, as an individual, have. once you put it out there into the mainstream. but here, there was an actual photographer -- >> yeah, it is the photographer's copyright, not the individual. they have an appropriation claim. but it is the photographer's copyright claim that i think is...